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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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Place looks a little expanded since then.
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The city plate on the car is very unusual, I've never seen one of those.
Not sure why I like those cars except that 1958 must have been some kind of record for unforgettable styling.
I recall seeing a blue and white 58 Country Sedan back when my dad had his 60, which also had a 352. It was slumbering in a carport at a house off an old state highway. My dad stopped by to ask about it, owner was talkative but "I'm gonna restore it someday" (almost quaint to think there was a time when one would knock on a door without real hesitation). The fake hood scoop is a nice touch.
I assumed the car in the Seattle pic was a city fleet car with the smallest I6 available.
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I assumed the car in the Seattle pic was a city fleet car with the smallest I6 available.
Interesting fleet that the WSP had in 1962. I feel like there just had to be some road testing by the state troopers - strictly in the interest of science and safety and all that.
A '62 Mercury could have been ordered with the 375hp 390 police interceptor. Not sure about the others in the pic. But there had to be some curiosity among the rank and file about which was the best or fastest in the fleet.
No doubt some WSP guys were enthusiasts and put those cars to the test. I wonder if the Chrysler was a 413 or 426.
between the '57 and the Ponton. Ford Taunus perhaps?
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Ford was at a disadvantage for highway patrol use with the 390 being their biggest engine in the early '60s. They had other larger engines that were developed for use in Lincoln and Mercury models but they didn't seem to want to offer them in Fords. The 390 always seemed to be a step behind the engines available from other makes. Once the 427 came along for '63 that finally changed.
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EDIT - Actually it might be possibly both - sort of.
Nissan took over Prince and I think the last Prince Gloria was restyled as a Nissan Gloria which from the front looked a bit like a Lancia Flaminia - possibly Farina influenced?
I have never seen a picture of the back of the Nissan Gloria so don't know if the distinctive lights on the top of the rear wings are a feature, but that's my guess.
We still have a few Huskies around, I've seen them at car shows but not the Minx - with four doors. Strangly although clearly based on the Minx car it was marketed here for its early years as "Hillman Estate Car" I think and had Hillman badges but no mention of Minx initially.
Even rarer then was the related Singer Gazelle Estate Car, which was offered for a few years with better trim etc. I think that went extinct by the seventies as I cannot recall having seen one since then.
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IIRC in '63 my dad bought a '64 Ford Galaxie 390 Police Interceptor at Walker and Battat Ford. When my oldest brother graduated HS in '65 dad let him buy the car but it was demolished in an accident later that year. All that's left of the car are the memories. I don't believe we even had a picture of that car but I'll ask my brother about it.
My dad had previously owned and driven fast cars during that post war era. And his Hudson Hornet had been his favorite until he bought that Police Interceptor.
RE: Ford was at a disadvantage for highway patrol use with the 390 being their biggest engine in the early '60s.
Ford produced bigger M-E-L engines such as the 430 for upscale Mercury, Edsel and Lincoln lines. There was a rare option called Super Marauder for the 430 which included 3x2bbl carbs which was rated at 400hp. There was also a rare 3x2bbl option for the 390 in 1961 and 1962 rated at 401 horsepower.
But cop cars need cheap speed.
In 1962 a Ford 390 Police Interceptor was rated at 330hp and not at a disadvantage on any public road. If we are talking about the drag strip in the 60s that's a different story! It seemed like Mopar put everybody on the trailer.
RE: Once the 427 came along for '63 that finally changed.
Are we switching from police pursuit vehicles to racing again? Just wanted to remind that there was a 428 Police Interceptor FE block engine which was rated at 360 hp and offered from 1966 to 1970(?). The 390 was still available along side the 428 too. Never saw the 427 in a Police Interceptor vehicle but anything is possible.
Again the need for cheap speed would dictate a lot of the option packages for pursuit vehicles. Still fun stuff for me anyway after all these years. Even though we now live in a time where the typical commuter vehicle can humble the old school pursuit vehicles.
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I was referring mostly to the CHP tests which are one of the few benchmarks we have historically for highway patrol use. They were pretty much exclusively a Mopar fleet with the exception of going with Olds for 1967 with the excellent 425 V-8 and Mercury for 1970, which I believe used the 428.
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Having said that we didn't get the Prince or any large Nissans until about 1968 or so either.
And the world that watched racing history being made then, now watches the movies made about it!
So you were not talking about the Ford 427 in terms of racing?
One more thing. Ford clearly put 430 cubic inch MEL engines (bigger than the 390 FE block) in Ford Thunderbirds.
"Original J-code series 430ci, automatic, 49k miles."
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A few others in the shot shouldn't be too difficult, either.
I just want to see it because I've never heard of that before.
I don't know if Ford put the 430 MEL engine in other Ford models, but the Thunderbird was for sale and the link was handy!
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And that yellow "batmobile" T-Bird is pretty fantastic. Seldom see that color.
Dijon, mid 60s, most of these shouldn't be too tough:
Going by them is a Citroen 2CV.
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MB cabrio is easily the most chic thing there, an expensive car even then. There's also a black fintail kind of across from it.
Should be easy - styles of the time:
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The black late '20s/early '30s 2-door in front of the building seems old even for 1960.
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